New phenotypic aspects of the decidual spiral artery wall during early post-implantation mouse pregnancy

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 416, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 211-216

  Elia, Artemis ^a   Charalambous, Fotini ^a   Georgiades, Pantelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Decidua basalis; Mouse pregnancy; Mural cells; Placenta; Smooth muscle; Spiral artery

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALPONIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TRANSGELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DECIDUA; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; IMPLANTATION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; DECIDUA; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PREGNANCY;

EID: 83055169167     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.11.029     Document Type: Article

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